This year’s female Rick Pierce award recipient most people know as a player or coach.
She started playing volleyball in Pennsylvania in grade school and continued to play all the way through college when she played intramural volleyball at Penn State.
Out in Indiana she formed and coached a team at her company. For many of the players this was their first introduction to volleyball. In Boston, she has played a variety of levels with Tooltime, DVC and Stray Cats among others.
On court she is vocal but supportive. Always looking to bring out the best in herself and her teammates. From all her coaching she has a lot of “sayings” to help newer players remember some of the basic techniques and she’s not afraid to use them!
She has coached the Marian High School girl’s team the past four years and is responsible for a program that has been very successful (including the school’s first league title and first State Divisional semifinal appearance). She has taught the girls about enjoying volleyball – not just playing volleyball. She has also coached the Stray Cats women’s program for the past three years and all the women say how patient and supportive she is. As well as starting a family, she is entering her second year coaching the Metrowest 16s girl’s JO team. Her first year she helped her local team qualify for the Regional tournament for the first time in recent memory making the finals of every local tournament they entered.
In summary, as both a coach and a player, her #1 goal is for herself and everyone she interacts with TO ENJOY VOLLEYBALL and be the best that they can be.
She in an excellent example of good sportmanship and someone who dearly loves the sport of volleyball. This year’s female Rick Pierce award recipient is:
Pauline Jurasinski
